A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Session of the Conference Convention, for Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United StatesD. Appleton, 1864 - 626 pages |
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... means to avert so dire a calamity , and determined to make a final effort to restore the Union and the Constitution , in the spirit in which they were es- tablished by the fathers of the Republic : Therefore , Resolved , That on behalf ...
... means to avert so dire a calamity , and determined to make a final effort to restore the Union and the Constitution , in the spirit in which they were es- tablished by the fathers of the Republic : Therefore , Resolved , That on behalf ...
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... means to avert the dangers which threaten to destroy this noble Republic , founded by the wisdom and patriotism of our ancestors . I hope we are animated by a common purpose . The storm is threatening . The horizon is covered with dark ...
... means to avert the dangers which threaten to destroy this noble Republic , founded by the wisdom and patriotism of our ancestors . I hope we are animated by a common purpose . The storm is threatening . The horizon is covered with dark ...
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... mean time , is this Conference to do ? Nothing whatever ! We are to meet here from day to day and adjourn , no one knows how long , until this committee reports , and then the discussion will commence which ought to commence now . Mr ...
... mean time , is this Conference to do ? Nothing whatever ! We are to meet here from day to day and adjourn , no one knows how long , until this committee reports , and then the discussion will commence which ought to commence now . Mr ...
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... mean time there will be little business for the Convention to do , and that of a formal character , it might be as well to adjourn from this time until Monday ; and I move further , that if delegates arrive from States now unrepresented ...
... mean time there will be little business for the Convention to do , and that of a formal character , it might be as well to adjourn from this time until Monday ; and I move further , that if delegates arrive from States now unrepresented ...
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... means to give the public knowledge of all our transactions . I am aware that this is an invasion of the rule already adopted , requiring secresy , but in my opinion no possible harm can come from the daily publication of our debates ...
... means to give the public knowledge of all our transactions . I am aware that this is an invasion of the rule already adopted , requiring secresy , but in my opinion no possible harm can come from the daily publication of our debates ...
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Page 231 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 61 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the...
Page 69 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 236 - State government; provided the Constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 67 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop ; but a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the...
Page 420 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Page 68 - One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Page 624 - Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Page 222 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 227 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...